Coffee the dachshund strolls down Reforma Avenue in Mexico City in his bib overalls during "bicycle Sundays."

He must be a working breed:

Coffee the dachshund strolls down Reforma Avenue in Mexico City in his bib overalls during "bicycle Sundays."

Photo: Marco Ugarte, Associated Press

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Everyone's a music critic:

Actually these Funkenmariechen (young majorette dancers) were reacting not to the band's selection, but to cannon fire sounding the start of carnival season in Erfurt, Germany.

Everyone's a music critic:

Actually these Funkenmariechen (young majorette dancers) were reacting not to the band's selection, but to cannon fire sounding the start of carnival season in Erfurt, Germany.

Photo: Jens Meyer, Associated Press

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There's never enough counter space

in Kim Ruiz's kitchen, especially not when her pooch is patrolling the floor of her home in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of Queens. In addition to her own cats, Ruiz rescued five felines during Superstorm Sandy. Her public housing apartment still doesn't have heat.

A Syrian army bomb, now deactivated, landed in this boy's house in the town of Taftanaz.

Look what I found, Mom:

A Syrian army bomb, now deactivated, landed in this boy's house in the town of Taftanaz.

Photo: Philippe Desmazes, AFP/Getty Images

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That daring young girl on the flying trapeze:

A little acrobat rides a swing in an amusement park in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.

That daring young girl on the flying trapeze:

A little acrobat rides a swing in an amusement park in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.

Photo: Rahmat Gul, Associated Press

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Wed in red:

A Chinese bride poses during her wedding shoot at the Imperial Ancestral Temple in Beijing.

Wed in red:

A Chinese bride poses during her wedding shoot at the Imperial Ancestral Temple in Beijing.

Photo: Vincent Yu, Associated Press

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We all have the same dad:

Cats with similar markings sun themselves in an alley in Kolkata.

We all have the same dad:

Cats with similar markings sun themselves in an alley in Kolkata.

Photo: Bikas Das, Associated Press

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Head on or head off,

it's all the same to Zoe, who gobbles down spicy sauteed shrimp during the annual Cajun Fest at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn.

Head on or head off,

it's all the same to Zoe, who gobbles down spicy sauteed shrimp during the annual Cajun Fest at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn.

Photo: Kyle Kurlick, Associated Press

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Israel gets involved:

A shell fired by Syrian artillery explodes in the Syrian village of Bariqa. Israel said that one of its tanks fired on and struck a Syrian army vehicle Monday after a mortar shell landed, apparently accidentally, on Israeli-held territory. It was the first direct confrontation between the countries since the Syrian uprising broke out.

A bucking bronc throws its rider during a Tradition Day rodeo in San Antonio de Areco, Argentina. Tradition Day marks the birthday of writer Jose Hernandez, author of Argentina's national poem "The Gaucho Martin Fierro."

At least it is at the World Pole Dancing Championship in Zurich, Switzerland.

Apparently, planking is still popular:

At least it is at the World Pole Dancing Championship in Zurich, Switzerland.

Photo: Harold Cunningham, Getty Images

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A man climbs a stair

on a cold and rainy day in Kansas City, Mo.

A man climbs a stair

on a cold and rainy day in Kansas City, Mo.

Photo: Allison Long, Associated Press

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Somebody's getting a timeout:

Those who do not play nice at the American Cancer Society Bark for Life event in Beaumont, Texas, end up in the Tiny Corral of Shame.

Somebody's getting a timeout:

Those who do not play nice at the American Cancer Society Bark for Life event in Beaumont, Texas, end up in the Tiny Corral of Shame.

Photo: Randy Edwards, Beaumont Enterprise

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Firefighters battle

a roaring blaze triggered by an explosion that killed two people and seriously damaged dozens of homes in the Richmond Hill subdivision of Indianapolis. No cause has been found for the blast, although a faulty furnace was eyed as a possible suspect.